Support for .doc extensions

[mictab]

Are you planning to offer .doc support in addition to the current .docx support?

[aviral-bhardwaj]

created PR #36

[wfnian]

Patiently waiting for good news.

[Shane32]

Just wanted to comment, I ran a check of file counts across our server, where I was considering using markitdown:

1. PDF - 1,150k files
2. JPG - 243k files
3. DOC - 112k files
4. XLS - 70k files
5. XLSX - 69k files
6. DOCX - 46k files

I think this demonstrates just how important DOC file handling is, even in 2025.

On a side note, what's not shown in the above list is the number of PDFs that are generated content versus scanned documents. Most are probably scanned, and 95% of the scanned PDFs should be searchable images.

Other related PRs / discussions not already linked above:

• DOC format is not supported #281
• Doc support? #335
• Unsupported DOC file content type (application/msword) #1220

[dizzydroid]

raised PR #1316